Tom reports that Candy was nice and warm when he went to work and that the battery still has a 40-mile charge even though it’s only 12 miles from work to home.

Although calm on what’s been a surprisingly quiet day so far, I’m more lightheaded today than I have been in a while and I remembered that this happened when I went back to Sandoz the last time. Really hope it doesn’t last for 6 weeks like the last time either!

Man, Walmart’s really got to get their shit together and stop jerking me around like this. I can’t keep going back and forth between brands that seem to really turn my anxiety on, then get all light-headed when I return to my usual brand. Again, it’s supposed to be in their fucking system that I can only take Sandoz. I’d rather be lightheaded than anxious, but the lightheadedness should go away eventually.

I’ll never know, but it sure makes me wonder if perhaps the answer to my question of why the meds make me anxious sometimes but not always, could be because they’ve been switching brands on me back and forth these last few years. This really worries me too. This blatant lack of concern and incompetency frustrates and concerns me greatly. Plus, I know how obsessed the world is with change so I worry that Sandoz themselves may change how they make their medication or maybe even go out of business.

But now the problem seems to be something they’re adding to certain brands of medication that are making me anxious at times. Or that they use to make it to begin with. So maybe the doctors saying it’s not the medication is both correct and incorrect. Not saying some of this may not still be hormonal, but going through this twice that I know of and then looking back on things, it definitely makes me wonder if there could be a connection between the different brands. I’d rather take nothing at all than change brands again, but I really would prefer not to have to do that. Either way, I’ve always suspected that at least some of the anxiety was somehow connected to the medication and that it was a bit extreme for hormonal changes. Also, even though anxiety can happen to anyone any time as my doctor said, my suddenly up and becoming this way out of the blue also seems a bit unlikely.

Since I really want to go back to traditional bifocals and get rid of the “swimming” and dizzying effect of progressives, I’m hunting around on Zenni for new frames. As fat as my face is, I have a child-size face. So with a pupil distance of 53 and needing a frame width of 129 or less, it’s not easy to find a great selection. Even though these clear glasses with brown arms I’m considering are 21g and not in the low teens as I’d prefer, I would like to try something less conspicuous. I’d rather lose mid-range vision yet have everything else be clear and with a wider range within the two sections. I’m tired of how blurry progressives are and having to peer through just the right tiny little spot in the lens to see what I want to see.

Doubled up on the house cleaning that I usually spread out throughout the week because tomorrow I’m going to the dentist and then hoping I don’t have any cavities and can remain appointment-free for 3 months! I see my dermatologist and ENT In June.

Changed the pigs’ liner and put them in their playpen while I was changing it and the rats were out. Sure enough, the rats were delighted to see them. I was worried at first they would troll them but I didn’t see any trolling going on when I checked on them.

The piggies went home when they were changed and I let the rats stay out for another hour or so. Fuzzy was his usual playful, friendly self while his brother was busy trying to go places he’s not supposed to go. Bastard busted through my kitchen barricade and was trying to get in the cabinets again, and while he hasn’t bitten me, he’s anything but friendly.

They do nip playfully and like most rats, Fuzzy thinks it’s funny as hell to sneak up and nip me on the toes, so I prefer slippers or shoes when the little devil is out. So cute how I got down on the floor in front of the playpen while he was on the books on the bottom shelf of the bookcase, then he jumped off and dashed around to see me. Woody will approach me if I’m still but he won’t let me pick him up.

The two of them are getting a little more playful with each other. It used to be that Fuzzy would chase Woody and that was it. But today Woody decided to engage him in a game of Pin the Opponent and he won too, LOL.